Microsoft Windows Server 2016
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2016 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 423 521
Rank change year-on-year +21 +98 -173
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2016 615 759 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.75% 0.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.38% 4.68% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 541 613 883
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,050 £24,840
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.23% -1.22%
75th Percentile £54,250 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £66,163
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,217
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.42% -4.46%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2016 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,045 16,217 29,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,807 10,941 16,610
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows Server 2016
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2016 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2016.

Salary trend for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2016 over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2016 in the UK

Windows Server 2016
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2016 within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +21 590 £40,000 - 117
UK excluding London -3 523 £40,000 +14.29% 90
Work from Home +41 200 £45,000 +5.88% 29
South East +12 169 £49,900 +58.41% 21
North of England -16 104 £35,000 -12.50% 26
South West +43 101 £37,500 -8.54% 11
London +6 84 £53,500 +1.90% 31
Midlands -6 72 £35,000 +7.69% 20
East of England +34 60 £33,000 +14.78% 13
Yorkshire +71 52 £35,000 +6.87% 13
West Midlands 0 50 £32,500 +1.56% 9
North West -56 32 £40,000 -11.11% 8
East Midlands -10 21 £37,500 +7.14% 11
North East +7 20 £31,000 -38.00% 5
Scotland -62 13 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Northern Ireland +17 3 £40,000 +23.08%
Wales 0 2 £46,250 +68.18% 1

Windows Server 2016
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 184 (29.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (16.10%) SharePoint
3 32 (5.20%) IIS
4 21 (3.41%) Exchange Server 2010
5 20 (3.25%) Exchange Server 2013
6 18 (2.93%) Exchange Server 2007
7 14 (2.28%) Confluence
8 10 (1.63%) WordPress
9 6 (0.98%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.16%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.16%) Site Server
Applications
1 98 (15.93%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 347 (56.42%) Microsoft 365
2 325 (52.85%) Azure
3 113 (18.37%) Entra ID
4 62 (10.08%) AWS
5 57 (9.27%) OneDrive
6 47 (7.64%) Mimecast
7 20 (3.25%) SaaS
8 18 (2.93%) Azure Storage
9 17 (2.76%) Google Workspace
10 16 (2.60%) Nutanix
11 15 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (2.28%) Power Platform
13 12 (1.95%) OCI
14 11 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.46%) GCP
15 9 (1.46%) PowerApps
16 8 (1.30%) IaaS
16 8 (1.30%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 230 (37.40%) DNS
2 219 (35.61%) Firewall
3 196 (31.87%) DHCP
4 99 (16.10%) TCP/IP
5 88 (14.31%) WAN
6 78 (12.68%) VPN
7 73 (11.87%) LAN
8 69 (11.22%) Wireless
9 61 (9.92%) SAN
10 44 (7.15%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (6.18%) VoIP
12 33 (5.37%) VLAN
13 22 (3.58%) Remote Desktop
14 21 (3.41%) SD-WAN
15 18 (2.93%) Network Security
16 15 (2.44%) NAS
17 14 (2.28%) Fibre Channel
18 12 (1.95%) iSCSI
19 10 (1.63%) Internet
20 9 (1.46%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (13.01%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.20%) MongoDB
3 31 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
4 23 (3.74%) MySQL
5 9 (1.46%) DB2
6 8 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.98%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.98%) MariaDB
7 6 (0.98%) Power BI
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.16%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (2.93%) JIRA
2 8 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.98%) Eclipse
4 5 (0.81%) Git
5 2 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.33%) Hudson
5 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 192 (31.22%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.80%) Finance
3 28 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (2.76%) Public Sector
5 17 (2.76%) Telecoms
6 16 (2.60%) Retail
7 14 (2.28%) Legal
8 12 (1.95%) Back Office
9 11 (1.79%) Automotive
10 10 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.63%) Law
10 10 (1.63%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.98%) Aviation
13 5 (0.81%) Banking
13 5 (0.81%) Games
14 4 (0.65%) Electronics
15 2 (0.33%) Military
16 1 (0.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 151 (24.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 143 (23.25%) IT Engineer
3 114 (18.54%) IT Support
4 95 (15.45%) Support Engineer
5 88 (14.31%) Senior
6 70 (11.38%) Administrator
6 70 (11.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 66 (10.73%) Analyst
8 49 (7.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 43 (6.99%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (5.69%) IT Technician
11 34 (5.53%) 3rd Line Support
11 34 (5.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 32 (5.20%) 2nd Line Support
12 32 (5.20%) DBA
13 31 (5.04%) Systems Administrator
14 30 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
15 29 (4.72%) DV Cleared DBA
16 28 (4.55%) Service Analyst
17 27 (4.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.93%) ARM Templates
2 10 (1.63%) LAMP
3 8 (1.30%) LDAP
4 3 (0.49%) .NET
4 3 (0.49%) SAML
5 2 (0.33%) ServiceStack
5 2 (0.33%) WSH
6 1 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.16%) Kafka
6 1 (0.16%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.16%) XML
6 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.41%) Self-Motivation
2 42 (6.83%) Driving Licence
3 33 (5.37%) Data Centre
4 30 (4.88%) PKI
5 28 (4.55%) Replication
6 22 (3.58%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.93%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.60%) CCTV
8 16 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (2.11%) Clustering
10 9 (1.46%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.30%) VAX
12 6 (0.98%) EMC VNX
12 6 (0.98%) Fat Client
12 6 (0.98%) Handset
12 6 (0.98%) iPad
12 6 (0.98%) Thin Client
12 6 (0.98%) Xbox
13 5 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 604 (98.21%) Windows
2 440 (71.54%) Windows Server
3 415 (67.48%) Windows Server 2019
4 287 (46.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 239 (38.86%) Windows 10
6 178 (28.94%) Linux
7 71 (11.54%) Windows Server 2008
8 58 (9.43%) CentOS
9 46 (7.48%) Windows 7
10 33 (5.37%) Ubuntu
11 24 (3.90%) Windows 8
12 19 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (2.93%) Apple iOS
14 16 (2.60%) Windows NT
14 16 (2.60%) Windows XP
15 15 (2.44%) Mac OS
16 10 (1.63%) VMS
17 6 (0.98%) Mac OS X
18 4 (0.65%) Unix
18 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (31.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 166 (26.99%) ITIL
3 129 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (17.07%) Customer Service
5 73 (11.87%) Cybersecurity
6 59 (9.59%) Mentoring
7 58 (9.43%) Project Management
8 53 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
8 53 (8.62%) Performance Monitoring
9 51 (8.29%) Change Management
10 50 (8.13%) Time Management
11 48 (7.80%) Service Management
11 48 (7.80%) Storage Management
12 40 (6.50%) DevOps
13 38 (6.18%) User Experience
14 36 (5.85%) Line Management
15 34 (5.53%) Agile
15 34 (5.53%) Roadmaps
16 32 (5.20%) Capacity Management
16 32 (5.20%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 213 (34.63%) PowerShell
2 80 (13.01%) SQL
3 48 (7.80%) Bash
4 26 (4.23%) VBScript
5 19 (3.09%) VB
6 17 (2.76%) C#
7 14 (2.28%) Bicep
8 9 (1.46%) Python
9 6 (0.98%) Perl
10 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.16%) C++
11 1 (0.16%) Java
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (20.16%) Security Cleared
2 108 (17.56%) Degree
3 82 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 60 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 46 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (6.99%) DBS Check
7 37 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (4.23%) CCNA
9 23 (3.74%) CCNP
9 23 (3.74%) MCSE
10 19 (3.09%) MCSA
11 18 (2.93%) HNC
12 16 (2.60%) A+ Certification
12 16 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (2.60%) Network+ Certification
13 15 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 14 (2.28%) Azure Certification
15 8 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.49%) MCTS
16 3 (0.49%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (8.46%) SLA
2 11 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.30%) GDPR
4 5 (0.81%) NIST
5 3 (0.49%) PMO
6 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.33%) NCSC
6 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.33%) QA
7 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 396 (64.39%) Active Directory
2 239 (38.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 188 (30.57%) Hyper-V
4 62 (10.08%) vSphere
5 43 (6.99%) VMware ESXi
6 39 (6.34%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (3.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (3.09%) Firmware
9 16 (2.60%) Terminal Services
10 9 (1.46%) Docker
11 8 (1.30%) XenApp
12 6 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.81%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.49%) KVM
16 2 (0.33%) NFS
16 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
17 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 119 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 107 (17.40%) SCCM
3 73 (11.87%) WSUS
4 54 (8.78%) vCenter Server
5 39 (6.34%) SCOM
6 34 (5.53%) Kubernetes
7 24 (3.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (2.93%) Ansible
8 18 (2.93%) EMC NetWorker
9 17 (2.76%) Terraform
10 13 (2.11%) Nagios
10 13 (2.11%) NetBackup
11 12 (1.95%) Sysprep
12 11 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (1.79%) McAfee ePO
13 10 (1.63%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (1.30%) EMC VPLEX
14 8 (1.30%) FortiGate
14 8 (1.30%) Nessus
14 8 (1.30%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 453 (73.66%) Microsoft
2 312 (50.73%) VMware
3 101 (16.42%) Cisco
4 73 (11.87%) Citrix
5 71 (11.54%) Veeam
6 69 (11.22%) Red Hat
7 58 (9.43%) Apple
8 56 (9.11%) HP
9 50 (8.13%) Oracle
10 43 (6.99%) Sophos
11 33 (5.37%) Dell
12 31 (5.04%) Palo Alto
13 29 (4.72%) Aruba
13 29 (4.72%) Meraki
14 26 (4.23%) EMC
14 26 (4.23%) SolarWinds
15 23 (3.74%) ConnectWise
15 23 (3.74%) Google
16 21 (3.41%) Juniper
17 19 (3.09%) Barracuda Networks